RTC Co-Director Dr. Krista Kutash Contributes to Newest Practice Guide from What Works Clearinghouse
Designed for elementary school educators and school- and district-level administrators, Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom offers prevention, implementation, and schoolwide strategies that can be used to reduce problematic behavior that interferes with the ability of students to attend to and engage fully in instructional activities.
The guide provides five concrete recommendations for promoting positive student behavior in elementary schools.
Dr. Krista Kutash is Professor and Deputy Director of the University of South Florida’s Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. She has conducted field research on issues related to children with disabilities and their families in 27 states and in more than 200 school districts and 60 mental health facilities. She coauthored Outcomes for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Families (PRO-ED, 2005) and coedits the Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
A project of the U.S. Department of Education, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education. The WWC develops and implements standards for reviewing education research, assesses the rigor of research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies), and produces user-friendly practice guides for educators.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/#be_pg